I found those lights on Amazon, their a little more honest there. Funny thing is if you ask the eBay seller they'll say "manufacturer specs" then you give them a link to a non eBay listing and they have nothing to say.

Yeah, tigris has it right. I bought one of the Ultra-fire versions a couple years ago thinking it might make a decent light. Actually the one I had provided a decent beam pattern and was a little brighter than the cheap two emitter lamps. Downside of the lamp was that it was using the same XML T6 emitters. Those emitters had a noticeable "blue tint" which I really didn't like at all. Likely with some good XM-L2 emitters they would make for a fairly good choice if you couldn't afford a better lamp and had some DIY skills. Likely the emitters on these lamps are only going to see maybe 500ma ( ea. ) maximum using the present driver ( assuming a parallel configuration of the emitters ). Now if you can up the output and exchange emitters with better ones than one of these could work for someone on a budget.

Wow, now a 14 LED light. Says 35k lumens (overstated of course) but you modders might be able to have fun w/ this beast. Change the driver, add a KD real 13600mah 8 cell Panasonic and now you're cookin! Literally! LOL

All I can do is shake my head at the fact eBay allows this things. They used to be REALLY strict about false descriptions and images. Like you get locked for 30-60 days first offense for falsly representing the item your selling.

Pretty sure I'm not the only one wishing for this light to return. I have several (I'm not the only one for this too) and realize the difference in performance between a good one (1st production run) and the later models was considerable, so that needs to be fixed. Still, even the last couple (factory scraps) that I picked up perform a lot better for me than my Yinding in light output, ease of use, and sensitivity to heat. Hope this happens.
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Ugh! If only shipping wasn't $6 or I at least had other items to order.

I'm ordering 3 of these, but will definitely look for other things I may need too. I've got a couple of the similar Nitefighter cases that I like and would be nice to have a dedicated case for each brand of light to keep the heads and associated mounts and brackets in.

Wear and tear on your car, gas consumption plus cost of bag at a local store is more than $9

This is a bike forum and everyone who uses a car (or other type of gas powered vehicle) to go to lopcal store/s (50km in radius) should be baned :P

BTW, it's interesting how almost 60% of all posts (not just) in this thread has nothing to do with the threads subject: "New cheap-o Chinese LED bike lights 2017",
I would advise members, before posting ask yourself this: "Will my post contain: new and cheap-o and chinese made bike led light", if the answer is YES then it's full steam ahead, otherview your post is for some other thread. Discusions about particular lights, as always, should be in separate, dedicated threads.

I don't really have to have 7K+ posts or be logged in 24/7 to know whats going on on the forum, I can just subscribe to topics of interest and read updates and new posts from my Inbox.
Problem is non related polution and some would say that this is just a reflection of our lives and choices we make, if there are 3 bins marked with "Cardboard/paper", "PET or plastic" and "Glass" there are really only 2 ways this story can proceed, good or bad and I always considered bike riders to be in the first category, to be more caring about everything, but hey, things change...
Just for the record, I did not say or implied that posts in this thread are garbage, that was just an analogy.
And that's about all I will say because I don't have new + cheap + chinese bike LIGHT + model 2017 to add to this thread as a quality content.

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And that's about all I will say because I don't have new + cheap + chinese bike LIGHT + model 2017 to add to this thread as a quality content.

Guys, calm down These cheap-o threads were originally mine idea. To keep garbage off and not to pollute the lights & night riding section with separate thread for every cheap-o light, unless it is something special like yinding, SS X2, ... The first post captures that idea somehow. So keeping this manner Sirius is right.

I didn't find something new and useful. A while ago appeared Trustfire TR-D016/D017/D018 lights that seem more comic than usable. But hey the 2017 just started ;-)

I would advise members, before posting ask yourself this: "Will my post contain: new and cheap-o and chinese made bike led light", if the answer is YES then it's full steam ahead, otherview your post is for some other thread. Discusions about particular lights, as always, should be in separate, dedicated threads.

Guys, calm down These cheap-o threads were originally mine idea. To keep garbage off and not to pollute the lights & night riding section with separate thread for every cheap-o light, unless it is something special like yinding, SS X2, ... The first post captures that idea somehow. So keeping this manner Sirius is right.

I didn't find something new and useful. A while ago appeared Trustfire TR-D016/D017/D018 lights that seem more comic than usable. But hey the 2017 just started ;-)

I don't think this KD light was ever posted up. Neutral white, head only, but modes are high-low-strobe

Was about to get it for testing but it got stucked somewhere. Driver should be changed per my suggestion and as described by mr. Ban back in authum 2016:
"I will try to re-write to 3-Mode (Lo > Med >Hi), hidden strobe (or maybe not to have)."

I should remind them, but there is Chinese New Year comming and I doubt anything new is going to happen for awhile.

Just wanted to chime in. I ordered one a tail light from gearbest along with a yinding I just bought as a backup light. It was a bit of a gamble but I'm actually very happy with the purchase considering it only cost me about 6 bucks. It's more then bright enough and has a very good wide viewing angle.

Yeah that tail light is awesome, I bought three of them. Can even be charged from a USB power bank while in use, though haven't found that necessary yet. Says 2 hour run time on the site but 12 hour on the box; while the latter might actually be correct am not gonna chance it .

How bright is this thing? It says 1000 -1200 lm so I'm guessing probably a dozen actual lumens.

Originally Posted by minimusprime

Just wanted to chime in. I ordered one a tail light from gearbest along with a yinding I just bought as a backup light. It was a bit of a gamble but I'm actually very happy with the purchase considering it only cost me about 6 bucks. It's more then bright enough and has a very good wide viewing angle.

Hi all, like most others, I'm new to night riding and want to find something cheap to test the waters. I saw something like a Solarstorm today at the Tucson Gem and Mineral show (of all places), but with three headlights instead of two. It looks like this one on Amazon:

Most cheap lights will "work" just understand that the description has no truth for specs. As long as you understand what your buying, everything will be good to give night riding a go.

The 3x one solarstorm makes as well, x3, been around a long time.

Some were very decent lights when they were the originals, these days it's a lottery if they are decent or not.

Make sure to buy 2 lights though. Not a good idea to go out with a single light.

Welcome to night riding, it's a lot of fun. Definitely a new kind of rush but it's fun. And don't sweat being nervous or getting "the creeps" the first couple times out. After a couple minutes you forget about everything but the smile on your face.

Hi all, like most others, I'm new to night riding and want to find something cheap to test the waters. I saw something like a Solarstorm today at the Tucson Gem and Mineral show (of all places), but with three headlights instead of two. It looks like this one on Amazon:

There are a few good light (not that cheap but still afordable investment like Nitefighter BT40S) for everything else I would say only relevant questions one buying a light should ask himself is "Am I ok with gambling and probably losing $xx" or "How much would it cost me to fix it when it brakes, can I do it by myself or I have to pay someone and does it pay off to fix it."

Because in most cases what you will get is:
- overrated lumens number
- overrated battery capacity
- bad thermal design with missing crucial parts like "hollow pill" or no thermal mass under the emitters
- fake leds
- horible modes arengemet like low-high-strobe

I probably wouldn't risk more than $15 to play with suspicious products.

Just wanted to chime in. I ordered one a tail light from gearbest along with a yinding I just bought as a backup light. It was a bit of a gamble but I'm actually very happy with the purchase considering it only cost me about 6 bucks. It's more then bright enough and has a very good wide viewing angle.
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Hello everyone. I'm new here and this is my first post. I'm from The Netherlands. I have a Chinese Trustfire TR-D006 with a problem. The on/off button does not function well anymore. Is there somebody who knows how disassemble/teardown a Trustfire TR-D006 to fix the problem? Thanks in advance.

A good friend of mine knows for sure he can fix it. He teaches electronics on a technical highschool. The only problem is how open/disassemble/teardown the light.

It appears that if you remove the handlebar mount, unscrew the front bezel holding glass in, and carefully push power wire into housing while also carefully pulling reflectors and such out front. Dont know for sure.

Hello everyone. I'm new here and this is my first post. I'm from The Netherlands. I have a Chinese Trustfire TR-D006 with a problem. The on/off button does not function well anymore. Is there somebody who knows how disassemble/teardown a Trustfire TR-D006 to fix the problem? Thanks in advance.

I don't want to take this thread off-topic, but I believe you would access the switch by unscrewing the front bezel. Then remove the bottom plastic o-ring mount to allow the cable to feed up inside. Now with both removed you should be able to pull the reflector/driver assembly up and out so that you can access the switch. Once you can get to the switch, try using an electronic contact cleaner or rubbing alcohol around the switch trying to get it into where the switch contacts actually are. Work the switch button while doing so.

It's just a bad ad. If you look at the photo's it comes with a standard 4-cell battery. I suppose it could be all in series but likely it's just a standard 8.4 volt battery. Who ever put up the ad just screwed up.

i wonder why no other manufacturer honestly does that. IN times where cycling on the road is more dangerous than ever before youd think helmets like that would be commonplace.

my only concern there is does it meet safety standards??? If its worse than walmart helmets (at least they meet safety standards) then I would shy away. but if not then shit I might order my son one for when we go out after dark. Needs all the help he can get, still doesn't get the need to pay attention and he's 10.

I saw this lamp a couple nights ago and decided to roll the dice on it. Right now I seem to have a fascination with self-contained road lamps that provide a cut-off beam pattern. This lamp is listing total output at 500 lumen ( 250 per emitter ). The optics looks similar to the Rokkes only one optic is horizontal and one vertical. The one that is vertical should add more light near the bike that was missing with the single optic Rokkes and also provide some additional forward throw. Run time with both emitters is supposedly 3hrs. The lamp also offers some ( yellow ) side ports for viewing from the sides. Anyway, I should have it by Tuesday. The Amazon beam photo showed what looked like to be a very wide beam pattern ( covered three lanes ) so I'm curious to see if I get the same results. For $30 ( +Amazon prime free 2-day shipping ) I figured I'd go buy another cheap Chinese toy to mess around with.

BTW, a rep from Raveman ( not related to the above lamp ) has asked me to review one or two of their newer lamps ( when they becomes available ) I think one is an upgraded CR-500 so that should be interesting. No idea on when that will be but I hope it's before it gets too cold.